Shabbat Zachor 8939 / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר 12699

Shabbat of Remembrance 🕍

Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 12699 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tetzaveh.

Shabbat Zachor (“Sabbath [of] remembrance שבת זכור) is the Shabbat immediately preceding Purim. Deuteronomy 25:17-19, describing the attack by Amalek, is recounted. There is a tradition from the Talmud that Haman, the antagonist of the Purim story, was descended from Amalek. The portion that is read includes a commandment to remember the attack by Amalek, and therefore at this public reading both men and women make a special effort to hear the reading.

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Dates for Shabbat Zachor

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Zachor 8936
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 12696
Shabbat Zachor 8937
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 12697
Shabbat Zachor 8938
Parashat Vayikra
9 Adar II 12698
Shabbat Zachor 8939
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 12699
Shabbat Zachor 8940
Parashat Tzav
13 Adar II 12700
Shabbat Zachor 8941
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 12701
Shabbat Zachor 8942
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 12702
Shabbat Zachor 8943
Parashat Vayikra
13 Adar II 12703

Tanakh

Shabbat Zachor / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר

Torah Portion: Parashat Tetzaveh · Exodus 27:20-30:10; Deuteronomy 25:17-19

  1. 1: Exodus 27:20-28:12 · 14 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 28:13-30 · 18 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 28:31-43 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 29:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 29:19-37 · 19 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 29:38-46 · 9 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 30:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Deuteronomy 25:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Zachor

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: I Samuel 15:2-34 · 33 p’sukim
*Shabbat Zachor

Haftarah for Sephardim*: I Samuel 15:1-34 · 34 p’sukim
*Shabbat Zachor

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Zachor – of Remembrance” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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